James Parfrey Wrote:
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> The section of track just before Rockwood is
> referred to as 'Beaver Creek Canyon' in Cin-
> ders and Smoke by Doris Osterwald. It's the
> only source I've ever seen that refers to the
> track above Shalona Lake that way.
Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Some years ago I called it Beaver Creek Canyon
> and Russ & others chastised me for calling it that.
> I must have seen that in Cinders and Smoke, but I
> think I also remember seeing a post card I bought
> in Durango one year. It had an excursion train
> there which said the mini-high line at Beaver
> Creek Canyon! But since everyone said that was
> wrong I now refer to it as Elbert Creek Canyon.
> The elevated area below Salona crossing would
> be difficult to get an elevated view of, like the
> place below Rockwood. The place below Rock-
> wood is to me the most scenic shot a photographer
> can get without hiking a long way from Rockwood
> toward Silverton.
"Chastised" might be too strong a word, Greg -
Especially since you invited comments
: "Need some other folks to chime in on this one too." (See link below.)
But certainly questioned. I've always heard the rails along the cliff south of Rockwood referred to as the "Mini" High-Line because that short stretch – unlike ANY of the line farther south – so closely resembles the narrow shelf along the "real" High Line north of Rockwood. As to the name "Beaver Creek Canyon" vs "Elbert Creek Canyon", there was a fairly lengthy discussion of that minor issue here on the NGDF several years ago, beginning with your post at [
ngdiscussion.net]. (Note that my contributions to that thread were made prior to the JéBêWèX – or was it Roger Wigwam? – granting me the title of "Russo {pronounced 'Roosso'} Loco".)
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/01/2020 12:47PM by Russo Loco.
